Issues and challenges of conservation of tangible cultural heritage in India: An assessment

India is the sixth richest cultural heritage country in the world and has 3,697 centrally protected monument sites. These sites are either administered by the ASI or the state government. She has many constitutional laws to preserve tangible cultural heritage and it has been protected by CISF/private security personnel in the country. However, issues are noticed frequently, like missing of tangible cultural heritage monuments from various states of the country. Around 321 cases are noticed by illegal encroachments; 210 theft cases are registered; 486 objects, including metals, stones and other paintings have been lost in centrally protected monuments. Smugglers targeted rural villages, partially damaged-unprotected temples and easily kidnapped the stone, Panchaloga, Bronze, Silver, Gold and precious stone idols, antiquities/sculptures and idols were exported abroad. This paper's succeeding paragraphs focus on the Issues and Challenges of Conservation of Tangible Cultural Heritage in India: An Assessment.